Windows logs me on, applies settings, then auto saves settings

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by delbertfan, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. delbertfan

    delbertfan Private E-2

    I just purchased and installed Spyware Doctor. After running it the first time there were 3 issues it could not clean. Two of the three were Rootkit.agent and Trojan.vundo. Upon reboot (and every boot since), windows starts up, asks for my logon, applies my personal settings and them immediately goes to saving my settings. The system them returns to the log-on screen. The same events happen in safe mode. I can boot and get into Windows using a WINTERMINAL disk in my CD drive, but i really don't know what do to from this point. When I try to double-click or run Spyware Doctor, it says there are files missing. Please help!
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    First I recommend that you not attempt to run Spyware Doctor anymore since it seems to have been what cause you this problem with logging in. This is about the 3rd time in the last couple days someone has mentioned this issue and each time it was after running Spyware Doctor. To that end, I would ask do you have a log from Spyware Doctor. It may default to saving a log somewhere. I believe they used to save files in as XML (which is not a good idea in my opinion).
    Please try to follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide
     
  3. delbertfan

    delbertfan Private E-2

    How do I get into my system if it keeps returning to the log-in screen? When I boot using a Winternals CD, I can't get ANY of my software on C: drive to run. Basically all I'm able to do is look at files on C:. I guess I just don't know what I'm doing!
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    NOTE: If you have valueable information on the harddisk that you need, you may want to look into installing the hard disk in another PC as a slave drive and then back up all of your important data before looking into any of the below.

    If you cannot get logged in, you are outside of the area where we can help you in the Malware Forum. This is really a Software Forum issue. You may need to do things like the below but again this is a topic best served in the Software Forum. You will need a bootable CD for your version of Windows.

    If you do not have a bootable copy of your versions of Windows, perhaps you have a recovery CD that came with your PC or you have a recovery partition on your harddisk. These are often when OEM vendors give you. Not using these options will put your system back to a state where it was shipped to you which is not always an acceptible choice but sometimes it is the only choice.
     

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